How Buddhist Renunciation Produces Difference

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ID20050123
AuthorsKim Gutschow (0000-0001-8568-2052, corresponding author)
Year2006
Pages171-189
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueWomen's Renunciation in South Asia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-1-137-10485-4_7
OpenAlexW2481599590
ISBN9781137104854
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

The last time I saw Yeshe, the oldest member of Karsha's Tibetan Buddhist nunnery, she cried as I left. It was not my departure she was bemoaning, but the long Himalayan winter ahead. She had explained earlier that she was worried about finding someone to gather enough dung to heat her small cell over the next six months. Although still sprightly and fit at 76, she could no longer run up and down the steep slopes collecting yak dung like she used to. Like other elderly nuns, she relied heavily on the help of young nuns to assist her in building up a store of dried dung patties every autumn. Unlike many of the other nuns, however, she received almost no help from her immediate family in this onerous task. Abbi Yeshe had weathered many hardships in her life, but her family had caused her the greatest distress.KeywordsSymbolic CapitalFamily PropertyBuddhist DoctrineNatal HouseholdFamily LandThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Archaeology · Buddhism · Geography · Renunciation · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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